harvest balloon festival

G saw his very first hot air balloon this past Saturday. He was a little weary of the noise they made when firing the flames, but other than that he enjoyed people watching, trying his first funnel cake, and being outside.

homemade playdough

Today I made some playdough for G. I used this recipe. It was very quick and easy, so it’s definitely something I’ll make more of in the future.

As for how G liked it? He threw it on the floor within 2 minutes. Maybe another day…

finished mobile

Oh, and last weekend, I finally took a picture of the finished mobile hanging in the nursery. Fun huh?

xo,
logan

last night's dinner: couscous salad

Feeding my sweet babe has become a challenge recently (since his refusal to eat anything pureed) so I'm always looking for a simple meal that is kid friendly.

I came upon this couscous recipe and improvised a bit since I didn't have a few of the ingredients.


Greek Isreali Couscous Salad
**recipe from Weelicious

1 1/2 cups Israeli Couscous
3 tbsp Olive Oil, divided
2 cups Water
2 tbsp Lemon Juice
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 cup Crumbled Feta Cheese
2 Persian Cucumbers, seeded & diced (or 1 cucumber)
1 Large Tomato, seeded & diced
1 tbsp Parsley, chopped

1. Place the couscous and 1 tbsp of olive oil in a pot and toast for 5 minutes over medium heat.
2. Add water and bring to a boil then simmer for 12 minutes.
3. Remove to a bowl and cool.
4. Pour in the remaining ingredients plus the 2 remaining tbsps of olive oil and stir to combine.
5. Serve.

NOTES:
1. I used Canadian whole wheat toasted couscous.
2. I only had about half a cucumber, so I added some corn to the salad.
3. I omitted the salt and parsley (didn't have fresh parsley on hand. This is why a small herb garden would be awesome).
4. Didn't have feta cheese (yum!) so I used grated parmesan cheese.

It turned out to be tasty, and the little G monkey actually ate about half his bowl! My dad and I added some tilapia to the dish, which made it even yummier. G didn't like the fish, so he just ate the couscous. But we're making progress! and it's another meal option for the little babe.

If you have any kid friendly recipes you'd like to share, leave me a comment! I'm always on the search for yummy food for the little one (and us parents too!).

xo,
logan

it's a party!

This past Saturday, we had a little party for G's first birthday.






I didn't really have a theme, but I stuck with the same colors I used on the invitations. I made the streamers using this tutorial and I made the bunting and cupcake flags from paper I had on hand. The little robot cupcake molds were purchased on amazon.

T's parents helped out so much with cleaning and food preparation and my mom made the potato salad. We owe them HUGE thanks!

The balloons came from Shop Sweet Lulu. I had purchased two of their 36 inch balloons but didn't think ahead and realized that I might not be able to fit both into my car AND be able to drive. So I had them stop when I thought the first one was big enough (turns out it wasn't big enough and didn't float well). That one ended up on the mail box. I had them blow up the second balloon bigger than the first, but not 36 inches. Success! It floated just fine (so well that it ended up at the top of Kroger's ceiling. They were kind enough to fish it back down for me).

For food we served a variety of finger foods and cupcakes.

The one thing I would have done differently would be photos. After the party we realized we hardly had any pictures of G with family. So next time I'll know to designate someone to solely be in charge of taking pictures. It's hard to play host and photographer.

All in all, it was a great party, and we all had a great time celebrating G's first year.

♥ L

birthday invitations

My sweet boy turns one on Saturday. Here is the finished invite I sent out. A lot of inspiration came from this crafty lady. Love her blog.

peek into G's party

Tissue paper confetti.

ringing in 33

We ended up celebrating Hub's birthday with Hardee's and a sick baby. Nice, eh? The mountain dews came in handy as we were up almost the entire night.

As much as the weekend didn't go as planned, it will definitely be one to remember.

Happy Monday!

♥ L

my love bug

snow days

We've had quite the snow storm here in Atlanta. Weather.com said we had 9 inches! 2 days off from work is always a welcomed event.

our advent calendar

I meant to post this yesterday, but today marks the official countdown to Christmas. and we will be kicking it off with this advent calendar that T's mom made us. Each day we'll add to the tree ending with an angel at the top. I think I might be more excited than Baby G, but hopefully it will become something he loves to do too.

vote for Baby G!

Yep, we've become those parents - we entered Baby G into the GAP Casting Call. We weren't going to do it at first, but then the possibility of just winning a big (as in $1000 big) GAP gift card made it seem worth while (and that's not even the grand prize!). and seriously, who wouldn't want this baby representing GAP? He's so dang cute! and he sits now!

So above are the 5 photos we entered into the contest (each photo a separate entry). If you want, you can vote for Baby G here, here, here, here, and here. YOU CAN VOTE FOR EACH PHOTO ONCE PER DAY - through November 14. That's a lot of votes!

Wish us luck!
♥ the parents

MADSEN BIKES!

Aren't these cool bikes? Click on the picture to visit their website and help me win one (for Baby G of course!)!!
Thanks!

play table

We got a pottery barn kids catalog in the mail the other day and I'm loving it! This play table is something I'd really like, but it's way too expensive. So T is going to draw one up in Sketch Up and we're gong to build our own. Now when will this happen? Who knows, but we at least have a little time before Baby G needs a play table.

tepee love

A tepee like the one above is something that I would eventually love to make for Baby G. How fun would it be to go and hang out in a tepee?

[[via design sponge]]

and we have feet!

Baby G's newest thing: finding his feet! and he can't get enough of them.

back to blogging

Hey everyone!

You all might notice a change around here, but I moved most of the baby/pregnancy stuff to a new blog (private) - mainly for family to keep up with all the baby news, etc.

I figured since all I was posting about was baby, it was getting a little boring around here. So I'm going to attempt to keep two blogs - one for baby and one for all the things I'm liking (and maybe the occasional baby post).

So thanks to my very few readers that stuck with me through all the baby stuff. I hope to provide a little more excitement around here.

♥ Logan

[[If you're still interested in reading about all things baby, or really just my baby, AND I know you, shoot me an email.]]

welcome baby s

Born April 16 @ 12:54am
8 lbs 1 oz
20 in

Be back soon.
Learning how to care for a newborn is tough work!

happy weekend + exciting news!

[[via design crush]]

I hope you guys have a fabulous weekend!! Right now I'm just living for the weekends, since this morning sickness nonsense has gotten the best of me. Yep, that's right! T and I are expecting our first little kiddo in April!

Since I wish I could be out and about enjoying these last few summer weekends, here are a few FREE things to do around Atlanta this weekend.

Yellow Daisy Festival {Stone Mountain Park}

Atlanta Arts Festival {Piedmont Park}

Atlanta BBQ Festival {Turner Field}

Happy weekend!